Pan American Bank CEO Selected as Indie Banker of Month by the Independent Community Bankers of America

Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) (www.PanAmericanBank.us) today announced that Pan American Bank’s President and CEO, Jesse Torres, was selected as the September 2010 Indie Banker of the Month by the Independent Community Bankers of America (www.ICBA.org). Mr. Torres was featured in the September 2010 issue of Independent Banker Magazine (http://bit.ly/amXSRH).

"It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by the Independent Community Bankers of America as September’s Indie Banker of the month,” said Pan American Bank CEO Jesse Torres. "Pan American Bank is a small bank serving the historically overlooked communities of East Los Angeles and Santa Ana. To receive this kind of recognition from the ICBA is incredible. I hope that through this recognition we can bring greater attention to the issues that affect these largely Latino communities and the solutions that only community banks can provide. We have served these communities for 46 years and we intend to continue to serve as the Bank of Choice for the residents of East Los Angeles and Santa Ana.”

Established in 1964, Pan American Bank (www.PanAmericanBank.us) is California’s oldest Latino-owned bank. Headquartered in East Los Angeles, Pan American Bank serves the needs of the Latino communities in Los Angeles and Santa Ana. Founded by former U.S. Treasurer Romana Acosta Banuelos, the Bank has stayed true to its mission of transforming and empowering Latino communities through banking relationships built on trust, service, respect, communication, and guidance. Pan American Bank's Facebook page can be found at http://bit.ly/pab-facebook. The Bank’s blog is found at http://PanAmericanBank.blogspot.com. Pan American Bank can be followed on Twitter at @PanAmericanBank.

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